Thread-winding machine.



N METZ. THREAD WINDING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov. zw, 1908.

E Patented sept. 7,1909.

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N.' METZ. THREAD WINDING MACHINE.

AQPLIUATIQN HLBD Nov. 2v. 1908.

983,092. Patented sept. 7, 1909. SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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NATHANIEL METZ, OF LANSDL, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF/TO RALPH SCHAFENACKER, 'OF NORTH WALES, PENNSYLVANIA.

THREAD-arritmias MAHINE,

To all whom it may concemf Be itknoivn that l, NATi-IANIEL METZ, of

' the city of Lansdale, county of Montgomery,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Thread-lllinding Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention has reference to thread winding machines and consists ofA certain im. proveinentswliich are fully set forth in the following specification and shown inthe accompanying drawings which form a part thereof. 4

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of machine which shall have a capacity for winding thread upon tubular cores in ball. forni, rectangular or conical in geneial shape, the thread being wound diagonally back and forth compactly upon Iitself and in which the adjacent threads of any layer are caused to-lie parallel and close i `vtogether with the saine regularity, throughout the successive layers of the ball.

lily invention is more particularly direct-- ed to certain improvements in the machine for automatically. carrying out the above specified objects and consists of the following features 'in an organized machine of the character described: An improved means for traversing the thread guide consisting of a cani actuated traversing lever, a friction' driven diskfor operating the canna driving shaft and driving friction wheel, and an intermediate combined driven and Vdriving friction disk between the driving friction wheel and the frictiondriven disk'for operating the traversing cani; further, in the said features when combined with means for adjusting the friction driven disk for operating-'the traversing cam relatively to the combined driven and driving .disk whereby the speed of the traversing cam may be`V varied; further in the above instrumentalities when provided with means for automatically shifting the traversing devices relatively to the driving wheel-to change the speed thereof inversely as the diameter of theball increases and also for independently changing the speed of rotation of the traversing cani to ccinpensatefor useof yaaK-'ious thicknesses o-f threads; and further in stop motion devices which operate to aut .iiiiatically throw the driven friction disk Aout of contact with the driving friction specification of Letters raient.' Patented Sept. 7, 1909. Application led Novemberf27, 1908. Seral No. 464,516.

.the features above specified, will be better understood by reference to the drawings, in which: v

Figure l is ay side elevation of a thread winding' machine embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a plan view of saine; Figs. 4, 5 and G are sectional` views illustrating details of the machine; Fig. 7 is a plan view illus! trating the'winding-of a co'nical ball, and Fig. 8 is an enlarged view corresponding to a portion of Fig. 2 but showing thc manner Vof feeding` thethread to the ball and also showing a large ball in process of formation.

2 is the main frame of the iii'achine and may be made in any suitable manner.

3 is a pivoted frame hinged to a transverse rod or shaft 4 carried by the main frame and upon which the frame 3 may rock and also have a sliding movement in the direction of the axis of the shaft. This frame 3 has journaled upon it a spindle shaft 5 tei'- minating at one end in the spindle 5a. -The other end of the shwaft 5 is secured to a driven disk 6 having its hub made into a driven disk 7 of smaller diameter. The driven disk 6 cooperates with a driven friction wheel 8 secured upon a power shaft 9, journaled on the mai-ii frame and driven'by a` belt pulley l()A or in any other suitable manner. The friction wheel 8 is* adjustable upon the shaft 9 so that it may be arranged nearer toV or farther from the normal center of the disk G to ina-.ke the spindle shaft' rotate at any speed desired to suit the requirements of the machine. *Y y Y Y l 34 is a spring plate secured atene side of the framei andits free end presses against the edge of a guide plate 35'having a notch 36 at one end'. By means of this spring 34, the frame 3, together with this disk G, is.

pressed toward the friction wheel 8 'and maintains a contact between said friction wheel and disk 6 during the winding of the ball. The upper end of the spring 34 is connected by a link 33with a lever 30 which is frame and the operation is such, that when .and3) to the proper distance, the spring.

' With the disk 6 and instantly stop, its rotar ition by overcoming the inertia of the rotatthe frame 3 is shifted tothe right (Figs. 2

34 vwill snap into the recess 36 of the plate 35 *and enable the lever to be pulled over so as tor'shift the vframe 3 (to the right of Fig'. l) and Withdraw the disk 6 from contactvvith friction Wheel 8, With the result of' stopping the rotation of the spindle and the Winding operation. The upper end of the lever 30 may be provided With a brake shoe 32 which, When the frame 3 isshifted to stop the machine, may come into Contact ing disk. v

The plate 35 may be secured to thevv main frame 2, but I prefer to make it adjustable,

'as indicatedin Fig. 4, by providing it With alslot l38 through which. a bolt 39 passes to clamp it to the mainframe inits adjusted position. The position 0f the recess 36 in this plate relative `to the position of the spring 34 Will determine the diameter of the .ball to be Woiifldibefore the machine is stopped, as Will be understood from further description of the Winding operation. l

24 is a spring 4frame upon Which is journaled the frictional `driven diskljl which makes contact with the driving friction disk 7 close to the spindle vshaft 5, so that it has va slow speed compared to the speed of the friction Wheel 8. The friction disk 11 hasy formed in it a heart shaped cani 12 in which lframe 24.

a roller 13 Works,said roller being journaled.

upon an arm '14, pivoted at 15 to the spring The upper end of this arm 14 is providedwith a curved slot 22 in Y(which is adjustably clamped a crank pin 23. Thel crank pin 23 connects With av rod 20, Which is universally jointed at 21 With the traversing'shaft 16 guided and jornaled in a bearing 17 at the uper end of the frame 3. The

forward end' of tlis traversing shaft 16 is bent downward to constitute an arm 18 terminating'in a vthread guide 19 of any suiti able construction which' normally may be brought into close relation lWith the winding'l spindle 5a, as indicated in Fig. 2. It 4will be observed that this guide 19 may be swung about the bearingl? soa's to move radially from or to the Winding spindle, and at the i same time be shifted parallel-to the spindle forthe purpose of traversing the thread back and forth parallel tothe-axis of the-spindle during the rotation thereof` in the ac t of winding the ball". The traversing action of the guide 19 is due to the operation of the cam 12upon the pivotedarm 14 and theI 4extent of this traversing operation may be adjusted byv adjusting the position of the crank pin 23 inthe slotted part 22 of the said 1 arm 14.to change the throw of the reciprocation of the traversing shaft 16. The radial movement of the lguide 19 is dependent Wholly upon the increasing diameterl ofthe ball being Wound, as it rests directly against the circumference of the ball. In practlce a pasteboard tube is shoved upo'n the spindle 5a and the thread is attached thereto during its rotation, said thread leading from the bobbin or spool 45, |through a guide 46, then around a tension guide Wheel 44 ,to the v thread, guide 19', as more fully indicated in Fig. 8,. In Fig. 8 have indicated thepaper tube at 47 and the ball of thread whichY has been Wound, at 5b, and from which it Will be.

seen `that thethreadguide 19 is resting upon the,l circumference of this ball. Ordinarily the thread guide is made 'of porcelain or glass so as to offer as little vfriction upon the surface of the ball as possible.

42 is a bracket secured tothemain frame the ball` rotates in 'contact- With the guiding roller 40 'and graduallyV forces 'the Winding spindle away from the said guide cylinder,

and this also causes theframe 3 to be moved to the right (in Figs. 2, 3 and 8). When the ball has reached its maximumv diameter, as i indicated in Fig. 8, the frame 3 Will have moved tosuch an eXtentthat the spring34 Will have snapped into the recess 36 of. the

`'plate 35-to arrest further Winding operation,

.so that the machine automatically stops itself'. It Will also be observed that, as the diameter of the hall increases, the disk 6 will be shifted under the friction drive Wheel 8 so that the latter is in contact therewith 'at a `gradual increasing distance from the center of the spindle shaft By this means the speedof rotation of the spindle and ball is gradually reduced as the diameter of the ball increases, so thatthe speed of the ball is maintained substantially the same, and consequently the thread is wound under a prac tically uniform speed.

In cases Where the ball is to be Wound in conical form, asv indicated in Fig. 7, then` the guide cylinder 40 is made conical in shape, 'y

and is arranged at an angle so that its surfacey Will make contact With the conical surface of the ball. The 4guiding effect is the same as in the` use of the straight cylinder.

By making the roller'conical in this case,

there is less strain upon any portion of the ballin shifting framen The relation between the rotation -of spindle 5a and the traversing of the thread guide determines Whether the threads whichl are being wound around and back and forth upon lthe ball shall lie closetogether, or at a distance apart, and consequently provision esaeea is made for adjustmentiof this relation so lessened becauseofA themdriverr'disk being as te enable t-he adjacent threads to be brought into the proper co-relation to form a compact ball, it beingv preferablethat the' greatest length of yar-n shall be wound upon the bhll with the smallest diameter of ball consistent with the elimination of excessive tension during the winding operation. Provision for this adjustment is found in the adjusting ,screw 253, which extends through the frame and presses against'spring frame 24 for changing the point of contact between the driving disk 7 and the driven disk 11. Normally, the driven disk ll will Contact with the driving disk 7 close to the shaft l5,

`but by meansv of the adjustingr screw said frame. 9A may be forced outward away from the frame 3 and the driven disk 11 carried.

with it so vas tol cooperate with the driving disk 7 at a gri-eater radial distance from the axis ofthe shaft than before.l It is evident that this adjustment will increase the speed of rotation of the driven disk 1l and consequently will increase-the number of reciprocations offthe traversing shaft .16 with respect to a given number of revolutions of spindle shaft 5. This will change the angle upon' Ywhich the threads adjust themselves in bcingwonnd about the circumference of the ball. Assuming that 'the adjacent threads were required toV lie close to each .Y other, 1t is evident that ,a changem the thickness ofthe thread Kto be wound would change the compactness of the ball, and this variation in the thickness of the thread to he wound may be compensated forby adjusting the screw to ychange the speed'of reciprocation of the thread guide. The cam l2 being av heart-shaped cam, is designed to cause the reciprocations vto be uniform whereby the thread is subjected to the same character of adjustment in delivery to the ball throughout the entire winding operation. Aside from the hand adjustment last mentioned with respect to the relation between the reciprocations of the thread guide and the speed of rotation of the'winding spindle, there isanother and important provision required in the windingA operation,

namely to regulate the traversing operation of the thread guide to suit the increasing diameter of the ball between its minimum and maximum diameters. To provide for this adjustment in an automatic manner, I clamp upon the adjusting screw 25 a. crank 2G whose free end is connected toa link 27 extending down tov an adjustable connection with a plate having a curved guide 28, as more 'fully shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that withl this construction and the movement of the frame?) to the right, in Fig. 2, screw Q5 will be turned very slightly and in a very gradual manner with the resul-t thatl the number of reciprocations of.

the travesing thread guide is gradually gradually adjusted in cont-act with the Vdisk T' nearer its center and because of whichthe speed of rotation of the spindle /iscorre spondingly decreased. From the construetherein dueto lthe automatic adjustment of the screw 25, which insures the laying of the threads during the operation of winding so thatl successive coils of the thread do not come over each other as the ball increases in diameter. It' this latter adjustment were notfprovided, there would be a tendency for the adjacent -threu ds on the circumference of the increasing ball to lie on top of one another and thereby lose the compactness of the ball. By the provision of the-automatic adjustment herein employed, this defect is overcome and the .machineadapts itself to Wind a uniform ball for any diameter of thread, size of ball or variation in its diameter. By changing the adjustable connection 29 in the slot 28 so as to remove it farther from the shaft- 4: upon which the frame 3 .is hinged, the adjustment of the screw 25 may be increased with the same movement of the frame 3, and'this will compensate for the dilferencein thickness of the threads from which the ball is made. j

By the organization of parts herein set out, it is evident that capacity is given to the machine for winding a ball in a most perfect manner, with the threads 4close together irrespective of the size or diameter of the threads employed, or the diameter of the ball produced. i

In resetting the machine for winding a new ball, I provide a lever 37, which is hinged to the frame 3 and furnished wit a heel which presses upon thespring 34, said lever acting to first force the spring out of the recess 3G of the guide plate 35 and then to shift the frame 3 back to its original position- Figs. and B. 'The reeettiug lever` 3T' and Yits associated parts are best shown" in Fig. 4.

I have shown my invention in the form whiclrI find excellently adapted for commercial use, but Iddonot restrict myself 'to the detailsl thereof, as they may be modified. in various ways as will readily occur to one skilled in the art to which my inventionA pertains. Y i

I-Iavingnow described my invention, what" I claim as newand desire to secure by Let-'- ters Patent, is:

l. In a` thread'winding machine, the' combination ofa spindle` a` combined driven and driving disk secured to the spindle, a power shaft and friction wheel thereon for lthis latter change there is ay further change j shaft 'the combined driven and driving driving the combined driven and driving disk, a traversing cani 'having a disk driven by the combined driven and driving disk, a thread guide. and meansfor traversing the thread guide from the traversingicam.

12. In a thread winding machine, the combination of a spindle, a combined driven and driving disk securedto the spindle, a poiver and friction wvli'eelthereon for driving the combined driven and driving disk, a traversing cam having a disk driven by the combined driven and driving disk, means vfor varying the speed of rotation of the traversing cam and disk rela-tively to the speed of rotation of the combined driven and driving disk, a thread guide, and means for traversing the thread guide from the 'traversing cam.A Y j 3. In a thread Winding machine, the combination of a spindle, av combined driven and driving disk secured to the spindle, a power shaft and friction Wheel thereon for driving" disk, a traversing camhaving a disk driven by the combined driven and driving disk, a thread guide, means for traversing the thread guide from the traversing cam, and devices for varying the extent of reciprocation of the traversing guide.

4. In a thread Winding machine, the com'-' ,bination of a spindle, a combined driven and driving disk securedto the spindle, a power shaft and friction Wheel thereon-for driving the .combined driven and driving disk, a traversing cam having a disk driven by the combinedA driven and driving disk, a thread I guide, means for traversing the thread guide oted arin operate from the traversing cam,` and devices for varyingthe extent of reciprocation off the traversing .thread uide, consisting of a piv- CI by the traversing cam,

and a rod having an adjustable' connection With thecation. l l j 5. In a thread Winding machine, the compivoted armto vary its yreciprobination of a spindleia combined driven andV driving disk secured'to the spindle, a power shaft and frictionwheel thereon for' driving the combined driven and driving disk, a trav-- ersing cam having a disk driven by the combined driven and driving disk, means for automatically throwing the combined driven and driving disk out of contact With thefricvtion wheeha thread guide, and means forv traversing the threadguide from the traversmg cam.

6. In a thread Winding machine, the coinbination of a spindle, a combined driven and driving disk secured to the spindle, a power shaft and friction Wheel thereon for driving the combined driven and driving disk, a traversing cam having a disk driven'by the combined driven and driving disk, means for automatically throwin` the combined driven and driving disk out o contact `with the friction Wheel, means for automatically arrestin'g the rotation of the combined driven and driving disk when out of contact With the friction Wheel,l athread guide, and means for traversing' the thread guide fromv the the thread ball is wound, means independent of the ball for positively and directly rotating the spindle, means for traversing the thread movable parallel to and operated by the rotating spindle, and vadjusting devices for varying the speed of. the means for traversing the` thread without .affecting the speed of 'rotation of the spindle.

S. In a thread. Winding'machine the coinbination of a rotating spindle upon which the thread ball is Wound, means independent of the ball for positively and directly rotating the spindle, means for traversing the thread movable parallel to and operated by `the rotating spindle, and adjusting devices for automatically varying the speed o f the means for traversing the thread Without affecting the speed of rotation of the spindle.

. 9. In a thread Winding machine, 'the com- 4 vbination of a rotating spindle upon which the thread 4ball is Wound, means for rotat-l ing the'spindle, a friction driving disk yon the spindle and rotating With it, a frictionn ally driven disk receiving motion from the driving disk,j a frame in Which the spindle is j ournaled, a frame upon which the driven disk` is journaled, a screw for adjusting the tivo frames relatively to-each other to change thelpositions of contact between thev driving and driven disks, a thread guide, and means .operated by the driven disk thel thread guide parallel .to the surface of the ball. p

10.A In a thread Winding machine,- thecoinbination of a rotating spindle upon Which the threadball is Wound, means for rotating the s indie, a friction driving disk on the spin e and rotating With it, a frictionally driven disk receiving motion from the driving disk, a pivo'ted frame in which the spindle is journaledfa guiding roller against Which the thread ball presses to move the for traversing pivoted frame, a frame upon which' the driven disk is journa'led, a screw"for adjusting the tvvo frames relatively to each other to change thefpositions of contact between the driving and driven disks, means for automatically adjusting'the screw-during the movement of the pivoted'fraine, a thread guide, and means operated by the driven disk for traversing the thread guide parallel to the surface of the ball.

l1. In a thread Winding machine, the combination of a rotating spindle upon Which the thread ball is Wound, meansfor rotating the spindle at a gradually decreas- .ing speed as the thread ball increases in diameter, a pivoted frame carrying the spindle, a spring actuated frame secured to lvthel pivoted frame, a thread guide, means to traverse the thread. guide, power transmitting devices for operating the traversing means at variable speeds,l and means ltor regulating 4the variable speeds to vary the relation between the rotation ot' the 'spindle and traversing of the thread guide.

12.111 a thread -winding machine, the combination ot a rotating spindle upon which the thread ball is wound, means Afor rotating the spindle at a gradually decreasing speed as the thread'ball-increases in diameter, a pivoted frame carrying the spindle, a springactuated frame secured to the pivoted frame, a. thread "guide, means to traverse the thread guide,'power transmitting devices for operating the traversing means at 'variable speeds, and .mea-ns for automatically regulating the variable speeds to vary the relation between the rotation `-otI the spindle and traversing of the thread guide so tol reduce the traversing speed as the spindle speed 1s reduced but in an increasing ratio.

13. In a thread winding machine, the

combination ofv a rotating'spindle upon --..wh ich` the thread ball is wound, means for l rotating thespindle at a gradually decreasing speed as the thread ball increases in diameter. a pivoted frame. carrying the spindle, a spring actuated t'rame secured t0 the pivoted traine, a thi'ead1guide, means to traverse the thread guide. power/transmitting devices for operating the traversing means at variable speeds, and means for regulating the variable speeds to vaiy the relation between` the rotation of the spindlel and traversing of the thread guide, consisting of a screw carried by the pivoted frame for adjusting the spring actuated frame.

and power transmitting devices, a lever for the screw, a rod for moving the lever when the pivoted'frame is moved, and an abutment support for the rod.

14. In a thread winding machine, the

combination ot a pivoted frame, a winding spindle carried thereby, a thread guide, traversing devices for traversing the .thread guide supported by' the pivoted frame, means for adjusting the traversing dc-vices to -change their speed, and mechanism dependent i'ipon the'movement of the. pivoted frame Jfor controlling the means for adjusting the traversing devices.

15. In a thread winding machine, the combination vof a pivoted frame, a winding spindle carried thereby, a thread Ouide, traversing devices "for traversing the thread guide supported bythe pivoted frame, means for adjusting the traversing devices to change their speed, and mechanism dependent upon the movement of the pivoted frame for controlling` the means for adjusting the vthe spindle at a traversing devices, said mechanism having hand adjustable parts to modify the autol matic adjustment of the traversing" devices.

1G. ln a' thread winding machine, the

combination oi a movable pivoted frame, a

winding spindle journaled in said Aframe` power devices for rotating the spindle, spring devices for holding the pivoted frame in operative relation with the power devices durii'ig a portion of its movement and for at the termination ot the movement ot' the pivoted frame, means for controlling the operation of the spring devices and means for delivering thread to the spindle` 17. In a thread winding machine, the conn' binati'on of a rotating spindle upon whichl the thread bal-l is wound, means for rotating radually decreasing speed as the thread' b a'l increases in'diameter, a thread guide, means to traverse the thread guide, power transmitting devices for operating the traversing means at/varialcle speeds, and means. for regulating the variable speeds to vary the relation between the rotation of theJ spindle and traversing ofthe thread- 18. In a thread winding machine, the conibination of a rotating spindle upon which the thread ballis wound, means for rotating thespi'ndle at'a gradually decreasing speed as the thread ball increases in diameter, a thread guide,V means-to traverse the thread guide, power transmitting devices for oper- -ating the traversing means atI variable speeds,

and means tor automatically7 regulating the variable speeds to vary the relation between the rotation of the spindle and traversing ot the thread guide, whereby the traversing rspeed is reduced with a reduction of the spindle speed.

19. In a thread winding machine, the combinatioir of a rotating spindle upon which the thread ball is wound. means for rotating the spindle, a thread. guide, means for travthrowingthe power devices out ofaetionv ersing `the thread guide parallel to the.y

spindle, automatic adjusting devices 'for varying the speed of the moans for traversing the thread without affecting the speed of rotationfotl the spindle, and Imeans for reducing the speed ot the .spindleas the ball being wound increases in diameterl 20. In a' thread winding machine, the combination' of a rotating spindle upon which the thread ball iswound, means for rota) .ng the spindle, a friction driving disk on the spindle and rotating with it, a friction'ally driven disk receivinomotion from the driving disk,l a pivoted ramein which the spindle is journaled, a` tixedly located roller acting as a guide against which the thread bal-l presses to shift the pivoted frame, a spring rameupon which thedriven disk is journaled, a screw foradjusting the two frames relatively to :each other to change the positions of cont-act between the driving and drivendisks, a` thread guide, and cam 1nd lever devices operated by the driven dish for traversing the thread guide parallel to the" spindle.

21. In athread vWinding machine, tli combination of a pivoted frame, a Winding i spindle carried thereby, a thread guide, mov- 'able both parallel and radially with respect tothe spindle, traversing devices for trav-v ersing the thread guide supported by the /piv'oted frame, guiding means against which the thread ball rotates to move the pivoted frame, means to rot-ate the spindle, and

mechanism dependent u'pon the movement .of the pivoted frame for throwing the means for rotating the spindlev out of operation.

22. In a thread Windingmachine, the combination ofa movable pivoted frame, a wind- 'ingspindle `upon which the threadbal] is Wound journaled in said frame, power den vices for rotating the spindle at agradually reducing speed, spring devices for hj'ii the pivoted frame in operation relatiol rith thepower devices during a portion of' its V25 movement and for throwing the powerldevices out of 'action at the termination ofthe movementof `the pivoted frame, means for. controlling the operation of the spring devices, means Ifor delivering thread to the 30 spindle, a xedly located roller against which the ball rotates, and hand controlled devices for resetting the pivoted frame and spring devices into their initial positions.

In testimony of which invention, I-have 35 

